Teaching

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Independent Study: Quantitative Methods for Nonprofit Research

Instructor of Record, Texas State University, 2026

Graduate independent study applying quantitative program-evaluation methods to nonprofit administrative data, working from IRS 990 filings. Covers dataset construction and measurement, data auditing, program theory and counterfactuals, regression, difference-in-differences, interrupted time series and regression discontinuity, and cost-effectiveness analysis.

Public Policy Process

Instructor of Record, Texas State University, 2026

Undergraduate course on how public policy is actually made — agenda setting, legitimation, implementation, budgeting, and evaluation — followed by application to substantive policy areas. Taught online and asynchronously as a writing-intensive course, built around a sequence of brief essays and a policy memo.

Strategic Planning

Instructor of Record, Texas State University, 2026

Session in the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program for senior public managers, covering strategic planning practice in councils of government and regional agencies. Taught in person.

Quantitative Methods

Instructor of Record, Texas State University; Arizona State University; UNC Pembroke; West Texas A&M, 2026

Introductory and applied quantitative methods for undergraduate and graduate students in public administration and public policy. Covers research design, descriptive and inferential statistics, regression analysis, and applied data analysis using statistical software.

Emergency Management

Instructor of Record, Texas State University, 2025

Session in the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program for working public managers, covering emergency management responsibilities in local and regional government. Taught in person.

Public Finance Administration

Instructor of Record, Texas State University, 2025

Graduate seminar on public budgeting, revenue systems, debt management, and fiscal policy for MPA students.

Comparative Administration

Instructor of Record, Texas State University, 2025

Undergraduate course on comparative public administration systems, governance structures, and administrative reform across countries.

Public Policy (Undergraduate)

Instructor of Record, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2021

Two undergraduate courses taught at UNC Chapel Hill’s Department of Public Policy, 2020–2021.